Re: Why?

From: KyroDoc (kyrodoc_at_aol.com)
Date: 07/30/04 

Date: 30 Jul 2004 01:08:43 GMT

>CHICAGO SUN-TIMES July 12, 2004. Children are supposed to get five whooping
>: cough shots by age 6, but the vaccine wears off after five to 10 years. As
>of
>: last week, 107 whooping cough cases had been reported in northern Cook and
>Kane
>: counties and southern Lake and McHenry counties. The outbreak initially hit
>: middle school kids, even though most had been vaccinated
>: [A] new booster, made by GlaxoSmithKline...[is for] between ages 10 and 18.
>A
>: spokeswoman declined to say how long the whooping cough booster would last,
>or
>: how much it would cost. About 10,000 cases were reported last year, a
>10-fold
>: increase from 1976
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>They forgot to shake the vial. ;)
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>Emma
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